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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lane react to the pilgrim story?
(a) He thinks it is stupid.
(b) He says that it is interesting.
(c) He wants to begin praying immediately.
(d) He tells Franny to stop talking about it.

2. How does Lane feel when he gets his first drink at the restaurant?
(a) That he is in the right place with the right girl.
(b) Angry because it is the wrong drink.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Glad to have one, it was a rough day.

3. What does Franny say concerning her beliefs about whether the prayer works?
(a) She believes that many advanced religious persons say it is true.
(b) She believes without a doubt that it works.
(c) She thinks it will only work for true believers.
(d) She will say the prayer for as long as it takes to see if it is true.

4. For what occasion is Frannie visiting Lane?
(a) Their aniversary dinner.
(b) A Yale dance.
(c) Lane's birthday.
(d) The Yale Game.

5. What is the name of the television show that the Glass children acted in?
(a) "Wise Ones."
(b) "Questions for Wise Children."
(c) "It's A Wise Child."
(d) "Precocious Children."

6. What does Buddy apologize in the letter for doing to Zooey and Franny?
(a) Buddy and Seymour teased them incessantly.
(b) Buddy and Seymour neglected them because the boys were so much older.
(c) Buddy and Seymour filled their heads with metaphysical information.
(d) Buddy and Seymour force them to read Shakespeare and Homer.

7. Why does Franny love the married couple in the pilgrim's story in the book that she is reading?
(a) They love each other.
(b) They allow the servants to eat with them every night.
(c) They spread the word of God.
(d) They took good care of the pilgrim.

8. What does Lane tell Franny right before she excuses herself from the lunch table a second time?
(a) He tells her he loves her.
(b) She looks pale.
(c) She should stop obsessing over the prayer.
(d) She should eat.

9. In what tone does Zooey talk to his mother?
(a) Bitter.
(b) Sarcastic and demeaning.
(c) Warm and loving.
(d) Humorously.

10. How old was Franny when Seymour died?
(a) Eight.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Twelve.

11. Why don't Franny and Lane have dessert?
(a) The waiter does not offer dessert.
(b) Franny does not like dessert.
(c) There is not enough time.
(d) There is nothing on the menu that they want.

12. What does Waker say of the way Zooey handled the loss of Seymour?
(a) He refused to attend the funeral.
(b) He cried for a long time.
(c) He seemed indifferent.
(d) He was the only one who was bitter.

13. What story does Buddy tell Zooey about the little girl in the market?
(a) She was an orphan.
(b) She gave Buddy her lollipop.
(c) She wanted to buy fish.
(d) She had boyfriends named Bobby and Dorothy.

14. How has Bessie been handling the problem with Franny?
(a) She paints the apartment.
(b) She tells Franny to get up off of the couch.
(c) She makes her chicken broth.
(d) She has called a psychiatrist.

15. What becomes of Franny's sandwich?
(a) The waiter takes it away uneaten.
(b) Franny eats it.
(c) Lane eats it.
(d) It falls on the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bessie so upset with her husband?

2. How would Seymour react if he knew Buddy was lecturing Zooey about acting and his education?

3. What does Franny tell Lane about the letter?

4. Lane tells Franny that it has been a month since they last did what?

5. Who does Zooey say Bessie should invite to join them in the bathroom?

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